Airspace awareness enhancement system and method
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsGang He, Jary Engels
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Abstract
A display system and method for an aircraft renders various airspaces and associated airspace types on an aircraft display device. An image is selectively rendering on the aircraft display device that includes at least an airspace boundary graphic representative of at least a portion of the boundary for the airspace, and a textual airspace type designation label representative of the airspace type of the airspace.
Claims18
A method of selectively rendering an airspace on an aircraft display device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a current state of the aircraft;
- retrieving airspace data from a database;
- processing the retrieved airspace data to determine a boundary of an airspace and an airspace type of the airspace;
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- based on the current state of the aircraft, selectively rendering an image on the aircraft display device, the image including at least:
- (i) an airspace boundary graphic representative of at least a portion of the boundary for the airspace, and
- (ii) a textual airspace type designation label rendered overlying a portion of the airspace boundary graphic, the textual airspace type designation label representative of the airspace type of the airspace.
A method of selectively rendering an airspace on an aircraft display device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a current state of the aircraft, the current state of the aircraft including at least aircraft lateral position, aircraft altitude, aircraft lateral direction, aircraft vertical direction, aircraft lateral speed, and aircraft vertical speed;
- retrieving airspace data from a database;
- processing the retrieved airspace data to determine a boundary of an airspace;
- processing the retrieved airspace data to determine an airspace type of the airspace;
- determining, based on the current state of the aircraft, if the aircraft will enter the airspace within a predetermined amount of time;
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- based on the current state of the aircraft, selectively rendering an image on the aircraft display device, the image including at least an airspace boundary graphic representative of at least a portion of the boundary for the airspace,
- wherein the boundary graphic is rendered on the display device in accordance with a first display paradigm if the aircraft will not enter the airspace within the predetermined amount of time, and in accordance with a second display paradigm if the aircraft will enter the airspace within the predetermined amount of time, and
- wherein a textual airspace type designation label representative of the airspace type of the airspace is rendered when the boundary graphic is rendered in accordance with the second display paradigm.
A method of selectively rendering an airspace on an aircraft display device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a current state of the aircraft;
- retrieving airspace data from a database;
- processing the retrieved airspace data to determine a boundary of an airspace;
- selectively rendering an image on the aircraft display device, the image including a cursor and at least an airspace boundary graphic representative of at least a portion of the boundary for the airspace, the airspace boundary graphic rendered in accordance with a first display paradigm;
- determining if the cursor is either on or within the boundary for the airspace;
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- rendering the airspace boundary graphic in accordance with a second display paradigm when the cursor is either on or within the boundary for the airspace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.